Unsigned Drivers in Windows 10 64 Bit and Hantek USB Oscilloscopes

Unsigned drivers in Windows 10 64 Bit for some products can be problematic for the 64 bit edition of Windows 10. Windows 10 64 Bit normally requires signed drivers for installation. However, some companies haven’t released their drivers as signed files and without signed files they will not install.

One of our customers, George B, had the following information that he shared with us regarding the Hantek 6082BE PC Based USB Oscilloscope, but the concept `should’ work with other USB drivers as well.

George writes, “There is an issue with the Hantek 6082BE driver under Windows 10 64bit. Specifically, Hantek did not sign the driver for the 6082BE, so Win10 64b will not do a thing with it. It doesn’t complain, bong or otherwise alert the user to the issue, it just doesn’t install it. Interestingly, even USBView, Microsoft’s official USB troubleshooting tool, doesn’t report the existence of a plugged in 6082 under Windows 10 64bit.

It is possible to install the driver in Windows 10 64bit, even without signing:

We have reached out to Hantek, and they advise they plan to offer signed drivers soon and we at Circuit Specialists will add them to our listing pages as soon as we are able to get them from Hantek. This “disable driver signature checking” method is an interim way of getting drivers working, but we look forward to seeing signed drivers available soon. Signed drivers are used to verify the integrity of the driver packages and the package vendor. This work around is not supported by Microsoft, but it is a workable solution until signed driver become available from the manufactuer.

1. Unzip file to your desktop
2. Plug out your USB cable (if it was plugged in) and then go to “Update Device Drivers” in control panel
3. Look for “Hantek 6022BE” device and delete any non-working unsigned drivers that were already installed in the dropdown under this device (check the box to delete drivers)
4. Plug your USB cable (with Hantek 6022BE connected) back into your computer
5. Go back to “Update Device Driver” and look for the “unknown device” in the dropdown selections
6. Right click on “unknown device” and click “update driver”
7. Use the browse option to browse to be unzipped folder called “Driver” and install it.

I tried the above method, and the application worked when in the “disable signature checking” mode, but when I restarted and booted up normally it went back to ignoring the driver and wouldn’t work. I downloaded the driver off the Hantek website on 12/23/2017 and it still is not compatible with the signature checking.

Looks like I will need to start up and then restart in the disable signature checking mode every time I want to use the unit

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